A new report has found the most data-hungry fitness apps. The report lists where each of the top 16 apps fall.
  • bonenode@piefed.socialEnglish
    451·
    2 months ago

    At this point you cannot buy any product tracking anything you do without also assuming your data is being stored and sold as well. No matter what the company promises, promises can always change and are probably not legally binding either.

    • Hyperrealism@lemmy.dbzer0.com
      3·
      2 months ago

      I once knew a guy who received a blackmail email claiming they’d accessed his email account. He sent them pictures of his dick, balls and hairy butthole until they blocked him.

      Does anyone have any tips on how I can do something similar with companies that breach my privacy. I worry that installing a blink camera under the seat of my toilet, so it can witness what a lack of fibre does to a mans lower intestine, wouldn’t get the message through.

      Or is this something I would be better taking up with the nearest US embassy or FBI field office?

    • DeuxChevaux@lemmy.world
      1·
      2 months ago

      Doesn’t Casio still have these watches, even with step counter, that do not need an app? And you can even check the time on them.

  • Libb@piefed.socialEnglish
    102·
    2 months ago

    This may be a silly question but what is the interest of this type of apps for an average user? I mean, I do daily walks as my main physical activity and never felt any need to use an app to track/log my activities. So, I’m just curious to know what is the incentive to download an use such an app?

      • Libb@piefed.socialEnglish
        2·
        2 months ago

        Thx a lot for the detailed explanation.

        a nice map of where you went

        I can’t understand how people would be… that careless and be willing to publicly share such a risky type of data, though. Well, exactly like you mentioned: we know some weirdos could easily abuse that kind of information to harm those users.

    • TrickDacy@lemmy.world
      7·
      2 months ago

      Step counting is a way to ensure you get an acceptable amount of exercise in a stagnant world. I lost substantial weight in part by counting my steps.

      • Libb@piefed.socialEnglish
        3·
        2 months ago

        I use the clock and a mix of various destinations to make sure I will walk enough. For that I just need a good old wrist watch for that, without any tracking included.

        Walking also helped me lose quite some extra-weight, so if I may say so myself: congrats, that’s great :)

        • TrickDacy@lemmy.world
          3·
          2 months ago

          Nice! Yeah I know tracking may not be “required” but for me it’s not always easy to quantify especially on days when the weather is bad. I probably will be switching one day to a lower tech solution like a pedometer, given this article. Those are like $15.

    • GissaMittJobb@lemmy.ml
      3·
      2 months ago

      If you’re into sports, then the more advanced metrics are quite helpful.

      Stuff like pacing for runs, pre-programmed workouts, measuring training load over time, etc.